Katie Holmes' Broadway Buzz

Gossip mags have had plenty to say about Katie Holmes over the last few months, but this fall the actress is focusing her creative energies on the stage as she readies to join Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz in Dead Accounts, a new comedy from Smash and Seminar writer Theresa Rebeck .

“Katie Holmes [is] a multi-layered, very sophisticated young woman ...

Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Rudd, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino and Henry Winkler are starring in straight plays this season, but they’re not about to let the musical headliners have all the fun! These actors aren’t singers, but they’ve taken impressive (and mostly hilarious) stabs at big, Broadway-style musical numbers over the years, and these performances must be revisited ...

Judy Greer, Josh Hamilton and Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell will round out the Broadway cast of Dead Accounts, the new comedy by Theresa Rebeck. The trio joins previously announced stars Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes. Directed by Jack O’Brien, the play begins previews on November 3 and opens on November 29 at the Music Box Theatre.

The world premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s new play Dead Accounts will now officially open on Broadway on November 29. The new comedy, directed by Jack O’Brien and starring Katie Holmes and two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz, was initially scheduled to open the day before on November 28. Despite the opening night change, preview performances of Dead Accounts ...

Two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz is set to star as Jack in the world premiere of Theresa Rebeck’s Dead Accounts opposite previously announced cast member Katie Holmes. Directed by Jack O’Brien, Dead Accounts is scheduled to begin performances November 3 at Broadway's Music Box Theatre, with an official opening night set for November 28. Further casting ...

Katie Holmes is set to return to Broadway as Lorna in Dead Accounts, a new play by Theresa Rebeck. Directed by Jack O’Brien, Dead Accounts is slated to open at the Music Box Theatre in fall 2012. Additional casting and production dates will be announced shortly.

A starry cast is in negotiations for a modern film adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull, written and directed by Christian Camargo (The Hurt Locker, Dexter) according to Variety. Katie Holmes, two-time Tony winner Mark Rylance, Oscar winner William Hurt, Emmy winner Allison Janney, Russell Means, Jean Reno and Juliet Rylance are all in talks to join the project.

Katie Holmes, Samuel L. Jackson, Cynthia Nixon, Kathleen Turner and more are set for benefit presentations of Sarah Tuft's 110 Stories on September 8-9 at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the play features first-hand accounts from hundreds of people who experienced the terrorist attacks.

It may have been a Monday night, but Broadway certainly wasn’t dark on May 23 as the brightest stars of the New York stage made their way to the Hammerstein Ballroom for the 2011 Drama Desk Awards. Broadway favorite Harvey Fierstein hosted the swanky sit-down dinner event, and adding to the glittering evening were presenters like Katie Holmes, Jonathan ...